Is CVE-2023-53153 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-53153 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-53153?

CVE-2023-53153 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-53153?

CVE-2023-53153 has an EPSS score of 0.15% (5th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53153?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.178-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-53153

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext Key information in wext.connect is not reset on (re)connect and can hold data from a previous connection. Reset key data to avoid that drivers or mac80211 incorrectly detect a WEP connection request and access the freed or already reused memory. Additionally optimize cfg80211_sme_connect() and avoid an useless schedule of conn_work.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.178-1CVE-2023-53153

Fixed in:6.1.20-1CVE-2023-53153

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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